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DAILY RECORD No 1 2019 PRESBYTERAL SESSION Thursday, 27 June 2019 The Methodist Conference DAILY RECORD No 1 2019 PRESBYTERAL SESSION Thursday, 27 June 2019 1/1 The Conference in its Presbyteral Session assembled in Birmingham at 14.15, The Revd Michaela A Youngson, the President of the Conference, in the Chair. 1/2 The Conference engaged in worship. 1/3 MEMBERSHIP OF THE CONFERENCE The Conference adopted the membership of this Session of the Conference, being those presbyters who are listed in the Agenda (pp 392-399) as members of the Representative Session, with any substitutions duly made, together with the officers of this session appointed by the last Conference, associate members, and those presbyters listed in the Agenda (p 400) who have received the permission of their Synods or, where appropriate, the President to attend this Session by their own arrangement, with the following corrections: Secretary of the Conference The Revd Dr Jonathan R Hustler vice The Revd Canon Gareth J Powell Assistant Secretary of the Conference The Revd Ruth M Gee vice The Revd Dr Jonathan R Hustler Representatives of United Methodist Church Bishop Patrick Streiff vice Bishop Cynthia Harvey Darlington The Revd Beverly Hollings vice The Revd John P Henry Nottingham and Derby adding The Revd Greg Obong-Oshotse [vice a Deacon] London The Revd R Stephen J Penrose vice The Revd Eleanor G Jackson Associate Members deleting Bishop Patrick Streiff for The Revd Ruben A Zeledron Castro reading The Revd Ruben A Zeledon Castro The Most Revd Dr Prem Chand Singh vice The Rt Revd Dr Probal K Dutta The Revd Kristi Sinurat (Gereja Methodist Indonesia) is unable to attend. PRESBYTERS ATTENDING UNDER THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS adding The Revd Dr Inderjit S Bhogal adding The Revd Ruth Jackson adding The Revd Helen Johnson deleting The Revd R Stephen J Penrose 1/4 LETTERS The Conference directed that letters of greeting be sent to presbyters with more than 70 years of service: 1 The Revd John H Atkinson (1949) The Revd Herbert W Clark (1949) The Revd William Farrell (1945) The Revd John Garfoot (1942) The Revd Harry W Gillespie (1949) The Revd Thomas Hall (1949) The Revd Anthony M Hearle (1947) The Revd Arthur H Howell (1946) The Revd George W S Knowles (1949) The Revd Dr Albert W Mosley (1948) The Revd Ronald H Rich (1946) The Revd Gordon F Simmons (1947) The Revd George W Simons (1947) The Revd John E Stanfield (1948) The Revd Reginald E Tansey (1947) 1/5 HOURS OF SESSION The Conference agreed that these should be 14.15-16.00 and 16.30-18.30 on Thursday, 27 June; 09.15-10.35, 11.30-13.00, 14.15-14.45, 15.30-16.30 and 17.00-18.30 on Friday, 28 June. 1/6 APPOINTMENT OF SCRUTINEERS The Conference appointed the Scrutineers as follows: The Revd Katharine J Bland The Revd Barry Owen The Revd Andrew P de Ville The Revd Johanna C Smart The Revd Philip J Jackson The Revd Ruth Wilson (Chief Scrutineer) 1/7 APPOINTMENT OF ATTESTORS The Revds Andrew J L Hollins and Charity Nzegwu were appointed to attest the ‘written portion’ of the Daily Record of the Presbyteral Session. 1/8 4. REPORT OF THE PRESBYTERAL SESSION BUSINESS COMMITTEE The Conference adopted Resolution 4/1. 1/9 5. CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS The Conference adopted Resolutions 5/3, 5/4, 5/5 and 5/6. 1/10 The Conference was addressed on the theme of The Presbyter as Evangelist by The Revd Trey Hall, Director of Evangelism & Growth. Responses were made by The Revds Jill Marsh and Steven J Wild, and the Conference engaged in discussion. 1/11 The Revd Dr Nicola V Price-Tebbutt, the Secretary of the Faith and Order Committee, introduced Agenda item 25: The Theology and Ecclesiology underpinning the Diaconate and the Methodist Diaconal Order. Deacon Karen McBride, the Warden of the Order, responded and the Conference engaged in discussion. 1/12 The Conference adjourned at 16.01. 1/13 The Conference reassembled at 16.30. 2 1/14 PASTORAL ADDRESS AND HOLY COMMUNION The Conference shared in a service of Holy Communion, during which the President addressed the Conference. 1/15 The Conference adjourned at 18.33. 3 The Methodist Conference DAILY RECORD No 2 2019 PRESBYTERAL SESSION Friday, 28 June 2019 2/1 The Conference assembled at 09.15, and shared in worship. 2/2 The Rt Revd Dr Christopher J Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry, The Revd Dr J M Ainsley Griffiths, Director of Faith, Order and Unity for the Church in Wales, The Revds Leo E and Charlotte Osborn, and The Revd Dr Elizabeth A Kent, Director of the Wesley Study Centre facilitated the Conference in a conversation about The Nature of Ministry in the light of the Covenant. 2/3 The Conference adjourned at 10.48 to continue the conversation in district groups. 2/4 The Conference reassembled at 11.36. 2/5 The Revd Dr Elizabeth A Kent, The Revd Leo E Osborn, The Revd Dr J M Ainsley Griffiths and The Rt Revd Dr Christopher J Cocksworth reflected on the district conversations. 2/6 The Conference went into closed session at 11.53. 2/7 37. MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES’ AND PROBATIONERS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE 1. Candidates for Presbyteral Ministry 2/7/1 The Conference received the report of the Candidates Appeals Committee. 2/7/2 The Conference recommended, with the required majority, acceptance by the Representative Session of the following candidates, to proceed unconditionally into pre-ordination training: Tina Brooker Sally Jones Sarah Butcher Rosemary Mutopo Jonathan Cunningham Michelle Onyett Michelle Deans James Alan Patterson Rebecca Elizabeth Fugill Philip Robinson Craig Gaffney Gareth Sherwood Paul Harold Gillian Songer John Hayward Steven Sutton Catharine Hughes Fiona Weir 2/7/3 The Conference adopted, with the required majority, Resolution 37/2. 2/8 2. Special Reports 2/8/1 The Conference agreed the following changes in the expected date of Reception into Full Connexion: To an earlier date: Laurent Robert Vernet 2019 (from 2020) Morwenna Wills 2019 (from 2020) William Edmund Davis 2019 (from 2020) 4 To a later date: Elisabeth Karen Brooks 2023 (from 2022) Julie Ann King 2022 (from 2021) Manuokafoa Tuipulotu 2022 (from 2021) Karen Sian Williams 2022 (from 2020) Rebecca Helen Wright 2022 (from 2021) 2/8/2 The Conference received a report regarding the suspension of training of student presbyter Elisabeth Karen Brooks and the deferment of probation of probationers Penelope Jane Thorne and Karen Sian Williams, all under SO 726. 2/8/3 The Conference received a report regarding the withdrawal under SO 727 of accepted candidates Philip Cotton and Ruth Arce Rosales. 2/8/4 The Conference adopted Resolution 37/1, p 353, 1.5(b), for Karen Elizabeth Brooks reading Elisabeth Karen Brooks p 354, 1.6(a), adding Elisabeth Karen Brooks p 354, 1.7(a), adding Ruth Arce Rosales 2/9 3. Preachers Recommended for Continuance on Trial The Conference adopted Resolution 37/4, p 355, deleting *Arce Rosales, Ruth 2023 p 357, amending Smith, Katherine Jane to Smith, Katharine Jane p 357, adding Thorne, Penelope Jane 2021 p 357, amending Tull, Marcia Yvone to Tull, Marcia Yvonne 2/10 4. Preachers on Trial presented to the Conference for Reception into Full Connexion 2/10/1 The Conference accepted the recommendation of the Ministerial Candidates’ and Probationers’ Oversight Committee that the following are fit to be admitted into Full Connexion with the Conference as presbyters: Kido Beak David Michael Lees David Jonathan Bintliff Shalome Shawnda MacNeill Cooper Raymond Frederick Paul Borrett Jonathan Paul Parker Nicola Ann Briggs Christine Pamela Preece Donna-Marie Broadbent-Kelly Claire Elizabeth Rawlinson Grace Cauldwell Karl Aiden Rutlidge William Edmund Davis Mary Sachikonye Andrew Gavin Fishburne Cliff Shanganya Sharon Mary Gardner Tony Simpson Emma Caroline Holroyd Laurent Robert Vernet Alberta Konadu-Yiadom Morwenna Wills Anne Lawrence Mmasape Temana Zihle 2/10/2 The Conference, by a Standing Vote, adopted Resolution 37/5. 5 2/11 38. PRESBYTERAL TRANSFERS AND REINSTATEMENTS 1. Recommendations of the Ministerial Candidates’ Selection Committee acting as a Transfer Committee (under S.O.730) 2/11/1 The Conference recommended, with the required majority, acceptance by the Representative Session of the following applicants for transfer to be received into Full Connexion: in 2019 Robert James Birnie (Church of the Nazarene) Felicity Eunice Myfanwy Ferriter (Church of England) Rachel Lynn Frank (Alliance of Baptists (USA)) Japhet Kaberia Kabilu (The Methodist Church in Kenya) Robert Jilenda Kasema (Pentecostal Assemblies of God, Zambia) Lansford Herbert Penn-Timity (Congregational Evangelical Mission, Sierra Leone) in 2020 Cleopas Sibanda (Methodist Church in Zimbabwe) 2/11/2 The Conference accepted the recommendation of the Ministerial Candidates’ Selection Committee that the following be recognised and regarded as presbyters in Full Connexion with the Conference under Standing Order 732(2) and (3): Martin Pieter Beukes (The Methodist Church of Southern Africa) Shannon Casey DeLaureal (United Methodist Church) Richard Muzei Kyaira (The Methodist Church in Kenya) Aboseh Ngwana (Presbyterian Church in Cameroon) Rajbharat Patta (Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, India) Joan Marion Pell (United Methodist Church) Manoa Ratubalavu (Methodist Church in Fiji) 2/11/3 3. Recommendations for reinstatements to Full Connexion The Conference concurred with the recommendation of a Reinstatement Committee that Helen Anne Reah should be reinstated to Full Connexion. 2/11/4 The Conference adopted Resolution 38/1, p 360, 1.3, noting Cleopas Sibanda (Methodist Church in Zimbabwe) will be received into Full Connexion in 2020 p 361, 1.7, deleting Ildlo Christino de Oliveira Junior (The Methodist Church in Brazil) p 361, 1.10, deleting Tokunbo Ezekiel Olusegun Asogbon (Methodist Church Nigeria) 2/11/5 The Conference, by a Standing Vote, adopted Resolution 38/2, inserting in the wording of the resolution ‘or at a specified date’ after the word ‘now’.
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